1940-06-19 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 19, 1940

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FIGHTING CONTINUES

Four French Armies Resisting German Advance

Maginot Line Offers Stubborn

Resistance

London, To-day.

COMMENTING ON THE military situation last night, the French radio announcer said the bat- tle was continuing as four French armies at pre- sent are opposing the German advance. "Our troops are extremely tired but they continue to fight courageously in the very critical position in which they find themselves.”- -Reuter.

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Bordeaux, To-day. "The battle continued yesterday on the whole front particularly along the middle course of the Loire River," an official communique stated:

Fighting is continuing in Lorraine and Alsace where our troops holding the enemy.-Reuter.

are

Still Up To Trickery

London, To-day.

"Violent fighting occurred at Or- The French High Command has is- leans and in__the_region_of_Charite-sued a statement over the radio de- sur-Loire. Enemy detachments, which claring that enemy columns are ad- succeeded in crossing the river were vancing under the white flag to achieve pushed back. East of the Loire the advances without fighting, and remind- enemy made further progress.

ing all French and British combatants on land and sea and in the air that no armistice is yet in force and arms have not been laid down.

"In. Burgundy, German troops en- tered Dijon. In Francheconte, they reached the River Doubs and pushed mechanised units into the Jura re- gion. At contact points our troops are fighting with the same bravery."- Havas.

German Communique

London, To-day.

The German High Command yes- terday, while stating that further admits that progress is being made, sections of the Maginot Line are still resisting.

A Swiss message states that 500,000 men have left the Line to re-assem~. ble with the armies in the South presumably those holding the Italian frontier, which remains intact, with no Italian offensive launched as yet.

The rest of the Army of France is fighting with great courage in three groups:-

1. In the west, in the Lower Seine Basin, where Franco-British troops have made several successful counter- attacks..

Held On Canal

River

2. South of Paris, on the Loire. Violent fighting is going on at Orleans and other river towns. Enemy detachments which got across the river are being held at the canal which runs parallel with the Loire.

3. In the east, where the troops have been in a serious plight ever since the German break-through at Champaigne.

"Only negotiations, which have not yet begun, are being contemplated, and it is therefore the duty of all to continue resistance." Reuter.

LABOUR

SWISS

FIRST PILOTS COPING WITH

GRADUATE

Ottawa, To-day.

The Acting Deputy Minister of Defence for Air, In a speech here yesterday, declared the first pilots graduating from the Em- pire air training scheme, were proceeding overseas immediately. He added that thousands of young men were being called up for service with the Air Force.-Reu- ter.

105,000 CHILDREN

EVACUATED

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REFUGEES

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Geneva, To-day.

Swiss flags, as an addition- al precaution, have been set up all along the Swiss fron- tier, over which crowds of re- fugees are pouring.

Three hundred wounded French soldiers have been given hospital at- tention.

While Switzerland considers the si- London, To-day,tuation to be still very difficult, it is The last contingent of children af- thought that if the French capitulate, fected by the six-day evacuation plan Switzerland will escape actual war- drawn up by the London County fare.-Havas. Council has left for the country. About 105,000 of the 450,000 children in the city have been evacuated. Havas.

RESERVE CORPS FROM

SIXTEEN--

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Wellington, To-day. New Zealand has adopted conscrip- tion.

A Government decree issued yesterday morning provides the crea- tion of a general reserve corps of all males over 18 who will have the choice of serving in the reserves in New Zea- land or overseas. Havas.

LEADERS

RESOLVE TO CARRY

ON TO BITTER END

LONDON, TO-DAY. FOLLOWING A MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LABOUR, HELD AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LAST EVENING, A STATEMENT WAS ISSUED WHICH, AFTER PAYING A TRIBUTE TO THE HEROIC STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE: AGAINST OVERWHELM- ING ODDS, SAYS:

"A great ordeal now lies before the British people. The full weight of the enemy is now certain to fall upon us.

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"We stand as the last bastion in We are defending our liberty. We Europe against the menace of tyranny; are fighting for our principles. The let us meet the test with calm re- price of victory is courage to endure. solution."

The secret of success is that unend- aing and dogged resistance that is our Inheritance. Let it be displayed now in unbreakable strength,

The statement describes it as proud privilege to sustain the hope of civilisation all over the world in the darkest hour Europe has ever known. It says: "We know that countless millions of subjugated peoples, now under the sway of the Dictators are with us in spirit and only await an; opportunity for action."?

Losses in the French Air Force have been made up, and it is still strong despite its lack of numbers.

The French Navy is intact.-Reuter

French Communique

London, To-day.

The statement concludes by ex-, A French, communique broadcast by the French wireless last evening says pressing full confidence that all mem- that by violent action against ourbers of the Labour movement will defence elements the enemy yesterday give their utmost in every field of succeeded in pushing deep into Nor production of the energy and efforts,

for which the crisis calls. mandy and Brittany,

Advance detachments reached

and Cherbourg

Rennes. Violent fighting also took place south of Chateau Lun..

Loire the enemy stablishing some

point between,

On the middle succeeded bridgeheade Orleans and Nevars. Between the Loire and the. Vosges enemy masses continued to advance towards the Jura.

"Let us show the tyrants of Ger- many and Italy that the will of the

common people of Britain is beyond their power of destruction."-Reuter,

Fight For Principles "The Labour movement has full confidence that all its members will give, of the utmost in every field of production, energy and effort for which this crisis calls.

Troops Cross Border (SPECIAL TO "CHINA „MAIL")

Berne, To-day.

A number of French troops with equipment crossed the Swiss frontler last night and have been interned.—— Havas

GROWING

AIR POWER

London, Today. The first pilots to graduate from the Empire air. training scheme in Canada are to proceed overseas im- mediately, according to the Canadian Acting Deputy. Minister of National Defence for Air in a speech in Ottawa. Further air force personnel, he said, complete with aircraft, guns and wireless equipment are now standing by ready to proceed overseas.

Fighter and bomber planes ready for immediate action have already been despatched to the United King- dom and others are awaiting trans- portation.

Mr. Duncan also stated that thousands of young men are being called up for service in the Royal Canadian Air Force.-British Wireless.

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